Many might be thinking about this.
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| We need less 'champions' and more nurturers in the trenches. |
Excellent answer. Only one teacher, of photography, told this to me some 30 years ago in college. How many times have you heard someone say, "Wow that's great, looks just like an Ansel Adams"?
Students should be encouraged, or nurtured, to find there own style or voice and less on making their work like an established "master" of the medium. Then it might be possible for many new styles to emerge that we couldn't even imagine today.
In looking over my own work of over three decades I can see that it's true; there is no easy road to any place worth going. Although I admire the work of many photographers, I don't want to be a copy of them. It's not easy when the beginning photographer is starting out, they are introduced the work of many extremely fine photographers and the influences are great. It takes a bold teacher to say this is what they did, you do your own thing and follow your own voice.